Health Affairs May 15, 2024
Editor’s Note
This article is part of a Health Affairs Forefront series titled “New Challenges for Health Care.” The series of articles focuses on emerging issues that are facing decision makers at provider organizations, insurers, public agencies, purchasers, and academic institutions in the health care sector. The articles are written by faculty members at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City, a leading research medical school, and the series is supported by Icahn Mount Sinai.
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